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Mar 19 18:11:29 <grothesk> Hi!
Mar 19 18:11:42 <Naib> hi
Mar 19 18:11:44 <grothesk> How do I connect to the NSLU2?
Mar 19 18:12:04 <Naib> to control or to browse?
Mar 19 18:12:16 <grothesk> I tried a crossover cable and IP 192.168.1.77
Mar 19 18:12:31 <grothesk> I'd like to get to the Web-GUI first. 
Mar 19 18:12:53 <Naib> is nslu2 pluged into a router or you going direct
Mar 19 18:13:03 <grothesk> Tried both.
Mar 19 18:13:31 <Naib> plug into route
Mar 19 18:13:43 <Naib> and goto yr routers control page to see what IP it was given
Mar 19 18:13:45 <grothesk> Now I connected NSLU2 with a crossover cable with a computer.
Mar 19 18:13:56 <grothesk> I does not get an IP.
Mar 19 18:14:08 <grothesk> That's why I'm here. *g*
Mar 19 18:15:08 <Naib> what does the manual say?
Mar 19 18:15:27 <grothesk> It is too Windowscentric.
Mar 19 18:15:36 <grothesk> Click here, click there...
Mar 19 18:15:44 <Naib> and you are trying from...
Mar 19 18:15:52 <grothesk> I'm in a pure Linux environment.
Mar 19 18:16:31 <Naib> sorry, havn't looked at the manual in a good long time
Mar 19 18:16:38 <Naib> need to see a link
Mar 19 18:16:49 <Naib> you can do from linux, its a case of interpreting what they are trying to do
Mar 19 18:17:33 * mwester is scratching his head...
Mar 19 18:18:16 <mwester> Um, boot NSLU2.  Plug in crossover cable between linux system and NSLU2, or use standard cables and a hub or switch.  Place Linux system on the 192.168.1.xxx subnet.  Point browser at 192.168.1.77
Mar 19 18:18:36 <grothesk> Very strange. The NSLUG is supposed to get an IP via DHCP, am I right?
Mar 19 18:18:50 <grothesk> mwester: That's what I did. 
Mar 19 18:18:51 <Naib> can do
Mar 19 18:19:00 <Naib> if a dhcp is present
Mar 19 18:19:06 <Naib> otherwise has a hard-coded addy
Mar 19 18:19:12 <grothesk> Sure a DHCP is running.
Mar 19 18:19:21 <mwester> The NSLU2 will only fetch an IP from DHCP if it is configured to do so.  Out of the box, it boots up with 192.168.1.77.
Mar 19 18:19:31 <grothesk> Ah. O.K:
Mar 19 18:19:42 <Naib> grothesk, if you are using a x-over cable no dhcp is present
Mar 19 18:21:07 <grothesk> -_- Sorry guys. My fault.
Mar 19 18:21:18 <grothesk> My computer had no IP.
Mar 19 18:21:29 <Naib> it will do
Mar 19 18:21:45 <grothesk> I'm in the GUI now.
Mar 19 18:22:04 <Naib> goodgood
Mar 19 18:22:10 <Naib> this a stock NSLU2
Mar 19 18:22:14 <Naib> ?
Mar 19 18:22:14 <grothesk> Thanks!
Mar 19 18:22:28 <grothesk> Yes, it is a stock NSLU2
Mar 19 18:22:47 <grothesk> I will put debian on it.
Mar 19 18:23:03 <Naib> well... an issue with NSLU2 and debian
Mar 19 18:23:39 <grothesk> Which one?
Mar 19 18:23:48 <Naib> the NSLU2 has only 32meg of RAM and deb needs a min of 64 (with swap)
Mar 19 18:24:21 <Naib> you cannot format a root partition during the install cause ext3 formatter eats all the ram and crashes the kernel
Mar 19 18:25:03 <Naib> so you need to make /<root> offline and then during the install MAKE a LOGICAL!!!l partition (not too big or small) as swap
Mar 19 18:25:18 <Naib> I tried making it 100Gig (as I was having issues installing ) and it crashed
Mar 19 18:25:25 <Naib> have 512meg and fine
Mar 19 18:25:45 <Naib> once installed plug drive into another machine and add any other partition and edit /etc/fstab as needed
Mar 19 18:26:17 <Naib> Took me 5 tries to get it installed!!!
Mar 19 18:55:37 <grothesk> thx. The installer does run now!
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